Transporting a Stratos

[hollytree]

Just down road from me.
Sold my KTM 690 SMCR to pay for LB exhaust last summer but missing it. (the KTM)
https://motostradaautomotive.com/pro...rty-replica-2/

[Basher]

What's the point of trailering a car that puts a huge smile on your face when you drive it? Okay, if you're contemplating the type of use that might result in damage then getting it home post prang means a transporter is useful but didn't we build these cars to be driven? It's not like they're totally impractical like a GT40, some of you even have aircon I believe!

Here here ,I agree guy I?ve spent 4 years building it and always look forward to a good drive, extra padding for the seats wouldn?t go a miss, tried playing music on the odd drive but that?s a waste of time
you need it that loud to hear it over the engine you end up with a double head ache

Dave

[hedge]

Norm,

I hear you. Getting old is props overrated...

The 998 is basically two-wheeled porn, tbh. It's ridiculously lovely - notwithstanding it has a side stand made of cheese..

These newer R versions that Ducati churn out monotonously regularly leave me a bit cold. Anything north of 150bhp on a bike doesn't really interest me so much/ anymore (if it ever did). I know you only "need" to go as fast as your right wrist twists but, still, all this 200+ bhp shizzle is nonsense to me - on a road.

Cheers,
Hedge

Hedge - yeah, there's something about the 916-line of bikes that's just so special. Not put many miles on mine these last few years but it doesn't matter, it's worth keeping just so I can go in the garage and look at it.
Funnily nuff, having recently moved, I've just been down the local Ducati dealer in Carlisle this afternoon on a bit of a fact-finding visit. Drooled over a luvverly Panigale V4R with all the extras on it...?33.5K but even if I could afford it, I prob wouldn't cos I'd never be able to do it justice. Even assuming I could manage to get on the thing....it's crap getting old!!

[hedge]

That's quite strong money for what it is (extra stickers & the Foggy association). A mate of mine recently bought a Foggy rep with a genuine 10 miles on it. Quite bizarre.

Cheers,
Hedge

Just down road from me.
Sold my KTM 690 SMCR to pay for LB exhaust last summer but missing it. (the KTM)
https://motostradaautomotive.com/pro...rty-replica-2/

[Normb666]

I've seen them going for more than that....I know Ducati made them to homologate some chassis mods, but I struggle to see why they go for so much. Same with the Senna versions. But then people will pay well over the odds for the "exclusivity". I mean, mine's a boring old Biposto and worth about ?13K on a good day (one owner, 17K miles, never dropped or wheelied, etc), so is a Foggy Rep really worth twice the price?
Steve: get out there and buy another. Life's too short!

[ProtoTipo]

Novice Ducati fancier says;

Is the 998 the last nice looking one, and the 999 is where it all goes wrong?

[hedge]

In the day, yes. Following the 916/996/998 era was never going to be easy, though...

Nowadays, the 999 doesn't look anything like as odd/awkward as it did when launched. And they are sublime to ride - especially in R form (I'm fortunate enough to own a 998s FE & a 999R).

Cheers,
Hedge

Novice Ducati fancier says;

Is the 998 the last nice looking one, and the 999 is where it all goes wrong?

[Steve C]

Don't forget the often overlooked 748. Rode my 748R to Gibraltar, did a trach day and Jerez and then rode it back...them were the days when I was flexible..

[hollytree]

I've seen them going for more than that....I know Ducati made them to homologate some chassis mods, but I struggle to see why they go for so much. Same with the Senna versions. But then people will pay well over the odds for the "exclusivity". I mean, mine's a boring old Biposto and worth about ?13K on a good day (one owner, 17K miles, never dropped or wheelied, etc), so is a Foggy Rep really worth twice the price?
Steve: get out there and buy another. Life's too short!

I fancy an early Guzzi Le Mans, but dont know if my joints will take it.
i think it is also of an era where I could "work" on it as needed. The bike that is, not my joints

[ProtoTipo]

I fancy an early Guzzi Le Mans, but dont know if my joints will take it.

A solution Steve?